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Chapter 195

With His Majesty Li Er, the shameless brother, Li Yuanying's long letter naturally poisoned all the court officials who had the chance to show their faces in front of His Er. In the past, Changsun Wuji and others thought Li Yuanying was shameless, and this time he had a new understanding of Li Yuanying's shamelessness.

When Changsun Wuji met Kong Yingda, he couldn't help but sting: "His Highness Teng went to the Imperial College for several years to study, and he learned a lot." In the past, Li Yuanying would not write such literary things. It must be a bad habit of studying the Imperial College and Kong Yingda, the old scholars, who have been idle for a long time.

Kong Yingda was also "fortunate" to read Li Yuanying's letter. He also felt that Li Yuanying and His Majesty Li Er were shameless, but Changsun Wuji came to mock people in person, so he certainly could not admit this. Kong Yingda stroked his beard and said, "The emperor believes that His Highness Teng's literary talent is of great benefit, his writing is smooth and natural, and he exudes his respect and admiration for His Majesty everywhere. It is quite sincere and touching. It can be seen that the love comes from the heart."

Changsun Wuji was disgusted by Kong Yingda again.

This literati's mouth is really amazing, even black ones can be said to be white! He is sure that if Li Yuanying had not been a student in the Imperial College, this old Confucius would probably be the first to jump out and scold him for flattery! He could not afford to offend such a cultural theory research. Changsun Wuji found an excuse to separate from Kong Yingda, and refused to listen to Kong Yingda continue to praise Li Yuanying's letter so natural and smooth.

In fact, if you take a closer look, they would occasionally say a few words when Li Yuanying flattered him, but few people would brag about growing articles so shamelessly. After all, everyone is well-known. It would be almost the same to write a congratulatory statement and a sour poem to praise the dragon's power.

But they want shame, Li Yuanying doesn't want it. Whenever Li Yuanying gets benefits, he will write a letter to praise him. No matter how others feel after reading it, he will feel. What's even more annoying is that His Majesty Li Er just takes this trick!

Just when Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others had just walked out of the shadow of Li Yuanying's flattery letter and had just cultivated their appetite, another letter from Tengzhou was sent to Chang'an.

This time, when he saw the bulging letter, Changsun Wuji immediately said to Fang Xuanling: "I suddenly remembered that I had something to go to Li Shangshu to discuss. You can check this letter and send it to Your Majesty." After that, Changsun Wuji got up without hesitation and walked out. His round waist and belly looked very light and there were no figures.

Fang Xuanling: "..."

This letter did not go through the channel of His Majesty Li Er's private letter, but was presented to them first. The content should not be as hard to describe as the previous one.

Fang Xuanling did a good job in psychological construction for himself. He opened this letter rather than a letter of plan and read it.

After looking at the beautiful handwriting on his head, Fang Xuanling felt relieved. This was obviously not written by Li Yuanying. After Fang Xuanling finished reading the first paragraph, he couldn't help but sit up straight.

To be honest, Li Yuanying spent a lot of effort to create a post office, and they were a little confused. They thought that Li Yuanying might have made such a thing on a whim. This thing seems impossible to make money, because it may only cost a penny for a letter, and at most only ten cents. The post office needs a lot of people to operate, and there must be a group of people selling tickets, sorting, sending letters, etc. How many people can write letters? Is it worth the effort?

The beginning of this plan elaborates the significance of the postal system in detail: the postal system is not for profit, but for the convenience of information throughout the Tang Dynasty, so that living in remote and remote areas can also feel the court's kindness and power, and recognize that he is a Tang Dynasty person.

When Gao Chang surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, the court established the Anxi Protectorate at the throat of the Silk Road. But how strong can the imperial court control that area? It can be said that if the Anxi Protectorate was not a trade road, many people in the court even didn't want to worry about it. If anyone sent them to guard the Anxi Protectorate, it would undoubtedly cost their lives!

After all, it's too far from Chang'an.

If it is too far away, the court will not be easy to manage; if it is too far away, the people will not be easy to obtain.

Of course, it is definitely impossible to rely on a postal system to make people accept it. Just establish an ordinary postal box to such a place and give the people a channel to send letters to Chang'an and to all parts of the Tang Dynasty, which means that Chang'an has not forgotten them, and that Chang'an is Chang'an for everyone - as long as you are born on the territory of the Tang Dynasty, you can enjoy everything that any Tang people can enjoy.

Changsun Wuji came back from outside and saw that Fang Xuanling was still reading the letter. While reading the letter, he was calculating what he was doing. Sometimes he looked excited and sometimes he looked embarrassed. Seeing that the letter was not like the usual nonsense, he stepped forward and asked Fang Xuanling if there was anything important.

Fang Xuanling said, "You are coming back just in time." He invited Changsun Wuji to sit down and asked Changsun Wuji to accompany him to calculate how much it costs and how many people it takes to expand the postal system.

Changsun Wuji was confused and took the letter and looked at Fang Xuanling without saying a word. Li Yuanying had a big problem for them, but he didn't expect these joints to be forgotten. Since someone has already raised it, how could they not want to make this happen?

Since His Majesty Li Er ascended the throne, the most discussed daily by their monarch and ministers is how to manage the Tang Dynasty and how to make the Tang Dynasty last forever. Now some people have proposed methods worth trying and plans worth making, how can they turn a blind eye?

However, this is too difficult. It takes too much money and more manpower. Can the people stop farming and run around to deliver letters every day? How many people can be used, and how many letters can be delivered?

Fang Xuanling was in charge of internal affairs and knew best how much money the court had and how many people. When he thought of investing so much manpower and material resources, he suddenly turned pale. He pulled Changsun Wuji to calculate, and the final result was that the segmented plan that Li Yuanying said in the letter was relatively reliable. It was completely a daydream to think about fully deploying the postal system at one time.

It can be said that the plan sent by Li Yuanying was extremely accurate in the general direction. There was no place they could change, but the specific implementation plan was not mentioned. When to choose, where to try it, and who to choose to be responsible, Li Yuanying didn't interrupt, and it was all planned by the court itself.

Changsun Wuji looked at the last signature. The first name on the top was of course Li Yuanying. Then look at the second name. The word Wu Mei was written on it!

Judging from the handwriting, the whole plan was obviously written by Wu Mei.

Wu Mei was originally a talented man from His Majesty Li Er. His Majesty Li Er waved his hand and gave her to Li Yuanying. Later, he didn't hear that Li Yuanying had anything to do with her, but she made her into the Jinshi exam and was at the top of the list. Changsun Wuji couldn't figure out what His Majesty Li Er thought about this former talent. He always turned a blind eye to Wu Mei's affairs. Unexpectedly, such a plan was written by her!

This is a talent!

If she was born as a man, with such ability and a Jinshi title, I don’t know how many people wanted to win her over her. Unfortunately, she was a woman and was once a talented person of His Majesty Li Er! With such a status and such temper, no one dared to use it, no one dared to marry her, and only Li Yuanying, who is a good guy, dared to present her name to the emperor in a bright way.

Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling looked at each other, and found Fang Xuanling and Chu Suiliang to look at the postal plan together, and then went to see His Majesty Li Er together.

His Majesty Li Er has no worries recently. The road has been repaired. Li Yuanying also said that the cost is all included. He is welcome to visit Mount Tai and go to Tengzhou to see his younger brother. The trip to Mount Tai has finally gained some insights. However, the court will have to discuss this matter for a long time. Even if the discussion comes to an end, it will take time to discuss a good day and prepare for the Fengshan Mountains. Therefore, he may not be able to move this year and will not be able to set off until the beginning of spring next year.

The matter is almost certain, and His Majesty Li Er is not in a hurry now. He heard that Changsun Wuji and others came together to ask for a meeting. His Majesty Li Er invited the person in and sat down as soon as possible and asked, "What's the important thing about coming together?"

Changsun Wuji presented a familiar letter, which looked very familiar, and the bulging appearance looked very similar to the long letter Li Yuanying wrote to him last time.

When Changsun Wuji heard that it was sent by Li Yuanying, His Majesty Li Er was excited and picked up the letter and read it.

When he saw the handwriting, His Majesty Li Er immediately realized that it was not written by Li Yuanying. Fortunately, after reading the paragraph, he knew that it must be Li Yuanying's idea. It was just someone who helped to polish it.

His Majesty Li Er finished reading the entire postal plan and looked at the budget brought by Fang Xuanling. He focused his mind and thought for a moment and made a decision: "We must do this, and we must do it well!" Li Yuanying could find ways to do things for the people even if he stayed in the territory of a state. He could not do it or do it because he was short of money and people for a while. Thinking about Li Yuanying's series of actions carefully, the postal system may not be able to bear the profits and losses of the self. The court only needed to subsidize some money from time to time. Therefore, as long as they set a good start, the postal system could slowly operate.

His Majesty Li Er made a decision, and Fang Xuanling and others all expressed their opinions to further improve the national postage plan.

Compared with the troubles and busyness of Chang'an, Tengzhou in the first lunar month seems much happier. Recently, Fengtai Tower has started to perform new stories and songs, either "a letter from home" or "a letter from a thousand miles away". The plot is in line with the atmosphere of the Spring Festival, and secretly encourages everyone to write more letters and communicate with relatives and friends. You must know that sometimes a thin letter may determine your future, your marriage, and even your destiny in the next few decades. So, everyone writes more letters. Feelings need to be managed. If you don't say it, I won't say it, who knows your deep affection!

Even if there was no such encouragement, many people had already lined up in front of the mailbox to vote for letters on the first day of the first lunar month.

This is the first day when the post office officially opened its delivery service. If they could send the letters early, they would be the first group of people to send the letters through the post office! No matter when the "first" is, it is easier to make people excited, not to mention that it is the Spring Festival, so it is also good to send blessings to relatives and friends from other places.

In the next few days, there were quite a few people queuing in front of the post office, which made people wonder if the people in Tengzhou were coming to send letters. The postman did not have a holiday for the New Year, and he worked diligently to get letters every day, and he was very dedicated to sorting and sending letters out.

The staff at the post office were both men and women, all under unified training and dressed in uniform. They looked very professional, and they couldn't even read big words. The man who was reckless involuntarily stopped his voice when he walked in, obediently following the instructions and asked the person who wrote the letter to help write the letter.

After most of the busy month of the first month, everyone has adapted to this intensity of work. Seeing that the house, which has become much deserted after the first month of the first month, still feels empty.

Li Yuanying personally inspected the post office several times, and was caught and complained by several playboys from Tengzhou, saying that there were gold silk stamps not sold in Tengzhou but only to Beijingers? They were made to show their faces by their friends in Chang'an, which was particularly shameless! You are the King of Teng, how could you turn your elbows out and sell good things to others? Do you look down on us?

When Li Yuanying heard this, he felt that there was no shortage of rich people in this world. What he lacked was people who would create opportunities for them to spend money. Even if his royal brother sent people to support him, there were still not enough talents! Li Yuanying immediately expressed his enthusiasm to the playboys: "Don't worry, there will definitely be many good things that can't be bought outside in Tengzhou, and the stamps in Tengzhou are replaced every year, and there are gold silk stamps every year."

Regardless of whether the post offices in other places have been built or not, the post offices along Fengtai Road have been operated smoothly, and articles on Henan Road can always be transmitted to various places as quickly as possible.

At this time, bad news was heard from Chang'an: Gao Shilian died of illness.

Gao Shilian is the uncle of Changsun Wuji and Empress Changsun. His Majesty Li Er and Li Chengqian are very close to him. Although he is over 70 years old this year and cannot be considered young, his sudden death will still make His Majesty Li Er very sad. If Changsun Wuji had not stopped him desperately, he would have almost sent Gao Shilian's coffin to bury himself.

Although His Majesty Li Er did not go, he asked Prince Li Chengqian to go.

Li Chengqian was also sad. Even if His Majesty Li Er did not order him, he wanted to go to the funeral. After receiving the order, he would help the spirit out of the city with the Gao family. This time he went there for many days. Because Gao Shilian left his last words before his death and said that he would not have a rich funeral, the funeral team was quite simple in food, clothing, housing and transportation. Li Chengqian had no complaints at all and followed the way honestly.

There was no problem on the way to go, but something happened on the way back: Last year, King Li Daozong of Jiangxia was ordered to go to Xueyantuo, beheading 5,000, captured tens of thousands of prisoners, and directly destroyed the people. Although Xueyantuo was destroyed, the people were never extinct. Some people were criticized for hearing that the prince was passing by, so they deliberately set up an ambush on the way to make the "Tian Khan" taste the pain of losing his son.

Li Chengqian went out of the palace to attend the funeral this time and was light and simple. He didn't bring many people, so he really rushed to the front. Li Chengqian didn't like to ride a carriage, so he rode his own horse by himself. Although the person was not injured, the horse was shocked and he was thrown off the horse by the shocked horse. The horse behind him was also frightened, and in panic, he stepped on his right calf.

Although Li Chengqian was good at hunting, he was not a person who had suffered. He was suddenly trampled so hard that he fainted on the spot. All the accompanying guards were frightened and were so scared that they were blind. While protecting the unconscious Li Chengqian away from the shocked horse, he did not care about leaving a living mouth to kill the remaining Xueyantuo members.

When His Majesty Li Er learned that Li Chengqian had an accident, he was furious and asked someone to go and investigate the matter thoroughly. He ignored other government affairs and went directly to the East Palace to see Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian was already awake after being sent back to the Eastern Palace, and the imperial physicians were nervously consulting him for his injured leg.

Li Xiang nervously grabbed Li Chengqian's hand and asked, "Does it hurt? Yeah, if you feel pain, you will cry. No one will laugh at you, we will accompany you."

Li Chengqian was still in shock, but after being comforted by Li Xiang, his heart that was originally squeezing calmed down. He said, "It hurt a lot at that time, but it doesn't hurt anymore." Of course, this is a word to comfort his son. In fact, he is very awake now and feels that his legs are hurt even more. But how can a man, a real man, shout pain in front of his son!

Li Xiang ran to change the heat towel to wipe Li Chengqian's sweat, and took care of his injured family. He Yaoyao told him that it is best to accompany his family when they are sick. Even if the people below can take good care of others in every possible way, it is not as good as having a real close person by his side. After finishing his work, Li Xiang continued to hold Li Chengqian's hand and actively asked: "Yeah, are you hungry? If you are hungry, I will ask someone to send porridge!"

When His Majesty Li Er came over, he saw this scene of a kind father and a filial son. He curled his anger on his face, so that Li Chengqian and Li Xiang didn't have to be polite. He sat down to the edge and looked at the wound on Li Chengqian's leg, and summoned the imperial physician to come forward to ask about the injury. Gao Shilian was about to go, and something happened to Li Chengqian again, which really made him feel very distressed.

The imperial physician stammered and said the result of the consultation: the leg can be properly connected, but it does not affect walking, but it may be a little problem when walking. Simply put, it is a bit lame, not a particularly serious type, and it is impossible to tell if you walk slowly.

Li Chengqian's expression did not change much after hearing the imperial physician's words. He looked at His Majesty Li Er, trying to see His Majesty Li Er's thoughts, but only saw His Majesty Li Er's ugly face.

Even if it is impossible to see it, it is a flaw. Since ancient times, there has never been a lame prince, nor a lame emperor.

His Majesty Li Er did not expect that Li Yuanying was attacked last year. This year it was the prince's turn to pick others to take action when attending the funeral. These people are really hateful!

His Majesty Li Er asked Li Chengqian to lie down and recover from his injuries, and made a promise on the spot: "I have asked someone to thoroughly investigate this matter. If anyone is involved in it is found out, I will definitely kill their entire clan!" After seeing it, the truth has not been found out. His Majesty Li Er instructed the Crown Princess and Li Xiang to take good care of Li Chengqian and left. He wanted to follow up personally who was so bold.

The person sent out to investigate the matter thoroughly has not returned yet, and King Li Daozong of Jiangxia has entered the palace to apologize.

Li Daozong is the cousin of the Supreme Emperor and His Majesty Li Er's cousin, a few years younger than His Majesty Li Er. Last year, he destroyed Xue Yantuo and made great contributions, but he asked to transfer to a free position on the grounds of being unwell.

Recently, Li Daozong felt inexplicably uneasy and felt that something was about to happen. Not long ago, he encountered an assassination, and it was Xue Yantuo's remnants who came to take revenge. For Xue Yantuo, he was an enemy who destroyed the family and destroyed the country. It was normal for the other party to come to him. He was not injured, so he felt that it was better to report less than more than more, so he just asked someone to secretly investigate the traces of these Xue Yantuo's remnants. After all, he and His Majesty Li Er are not particularly close brothers, and they cannot go to His Majesty Li Er when encountering small things.

Unexpectedly, these people failed to ambush him, and they were brave enough to attack the prince, and they really made things happen to the prince!

Although I don’t know how the prince was injured, it is a foregone conclusion that the prince was injured. Li Daozong dared not delay any longer. He immediately entered the palace to see His Majesty Li Er Chen Ming that he was pursuing the remaining party of Xue Yantuo.

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